Stop-motion for stencil-card-feed addressing-machines.



J. HERGESHEIMER.

STOP MOTION FOR STENCIL CARD FEED ADDRESSING MACHINES. APPLICATION FILED MAR. a, 1915.

1 1 @Ufifizfl Patented Apr. 25, 1916.

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J. HERGE'SHEHVIER.

STOP MOTION FOR STENCIL CARD FEED ADDRESSING MACHINES. APPUCATION F ILED MAR. 3. 1915.

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IIQHN .HERGESHEIMER, or ennusrnn, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGISIGR roa rnn oun'rzrs TEENNSYLVANIA. I I

sroP- uorroni non STENCIL-CARD-FEED annninsfiiieaviridmi a V Specification of Letters Patent.

Applicationfi1edMarch'3,1915. SerialNo. 11,73 f

T all whom it may concern." l 7 ill Be it known that I, JOHN HERGESHEIMER, a T

citizen of the United States, and a resident of Glensule, in the county of Montgomery andState of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Stop-Motion tor Stencil-Card-Feed Addressing-Machines, of

which the following is a specification.

In addressing'machines of the type to which theattachment or stop motion of this invention is applicable, the paper feed and the printing headoperate continuously as long as the machine is'running, and in feeding the stencil ca-rds one oil-coming card is'relied upon to push onward the'stencil card that is under the prln tin'g head. It: sometimes. happens that the-feed tails so that the oncoming card is delayed and a I view of the same.

card remainsunderthe printing head 'dur nga repetition-of the printing operation' lln consequence of this the address is repeated on the vpaper and this may leadto great confusion or. duplication,

The principal objects of'the present invention are to avoid the above mentioned de- "fects'and disadvantages and to provide for automatically stopping the machine in the event of failure of the stencil card feed and in the event of the absence of stencil cards for any other reason, such as oversight or neglect on the part of the attendant, I

The invention-will be claimed at the end hereof, but will be first described in connection with the embodiment of it chosen from other embodiments-for the sake of illustration in the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1, is a top view ofan addressing machine, or parts thereofiprovided with a stop motion mechanism embodying or con- I p p tion W111 be glven of thedetai'ls' oiifthejstop" taining the invention. Fig. :2, is a front Fig. 3, 1s a transverse sectional view of the same. Fig. "4', is a diagrammatic View, partly in section, illus trating stop motionmechanism embodying features of the invention, andFlg. 5, 1s. a perspective view of a stencll card.

In the drawings 1 is a reciprocating ttuator, 2 is a controller and th'ere are yield-j ing means interposed between the'actu'ator and controller whereby the controller is op; 1

car chine illustrated the a controller does 'this by working through an'opening in ,the-top-one block is morti sed for the erated by the v ac tu'atorf in'ltlle'jalisence' stencil card. I To facilitatethe"description, reference will. be-made 'tothe' address machine illustrated inthe drawings though it is not intended oco'nfine the n printing head 3"which is'rocked by a Cain'- mantaimagine;

mechanism 4 carried byv the *driveishaitt ,havingfa pulley The oontrollerQ is araran edto contact with one of the stencil s m, Asshown in theparticular may of the guides 8 along- W-hich the stencil fcards' are fed by" one pushing another to the print; ing head 3. The, stencil cards are fed from a hopper 9 by a pawl 10. which engages" the frame 11 of a stencilcard; Thexspringpawlf 10 is driven by the links 12 and crank-arm" 13, which in its turn isdriVen by thegbevel v gears 14 from the shaft 6; Theipawl' op erates' intermittently so as to pu'shthev 'bot f tom card out of the hopper and'theniwhen 5 T the next card is pushed; out of the hopper it pushes the first mentioned cardtoward-ithe" printing head 3. It will-therefore bds'en that one card is relied up'onjtopush another card away from the printingheadfz'ilt'tertheprinting has been done. 15 and 16' are strips of paper that are positively "fed in' j'respect tothe cards. The paper feedisorimaybe Q fnism is not shown for doing it but thei'mec'h-v" driven from the shaft 16 although the mechaanism is well understood by those skilled ing the art, Two strips, 15 and' l6,'of paper are-i shown because" in the machine-: chosen? for" illustration duplicate strips are made";

th this explanation afu rtherd g ipq 1 motion mechanism. 17 is a block mounted telescopically v on the I controller -2." The contacts 19;.

accommodation of 1 10, 20 is a guide pin workingin' a sl'de i th.; 1

.r'eraltion of the machine.

- The cap Isis in range of'the 'actua tor l and between it and the-controller there, .is

21. he controller is' shoWn in the" for-in of a plunger with a stem 22 of reduced [cross-1 section that extends down through the'opening in the top gi iide 8 so asatorest' and ride upon a card fw traveling the -j guides.

Around the stem'and under the plunger body of the controller 2 there is a COIIlPBIfl: tively'light' spring 23. The operation of the stop motion mechanism may 'be described as follows: Every timeia printing. operation takesplace' the actuator 1 is. reciprocated. Ifthere is a stencil card under the stem 22 the controller remains at rest, the cap 18- descends com pressing the spring 21, If there is no card under the"contro1le'rand the actuator 'd escends; the spring-21 being stronger than the spring 23 compresses thelatter and drives the plunger body'iof the controller downward into contact with, the contacts 19..

Thus the contacts 19 and the controller may constitute 'a switch -'or-' make-and break de- 'vi'ce that'may be used to control an" electric circuit-which in its turnmay be employed in a Varietyof ways .to-prevent further op.-

'As shown the-con.- ta'ct's l9 are interposed in'a circuit 24 which constitutes; a shunt by means'of which the holdingrcoil 25 of the starting box 26 can be cut out" of circuit; Of course when the starting coil 25 is cut out "of circuit the arm 26 is moyed by its spring into the position shown in thedra-Wings, in which the motor :circuit 27, is interrupted so that the-motor so that when the motor stops. the printing operation-is interrupted. [As-the printing :head 3 is descending to printing. position "28 stops. I or at any rate operates the: worldng,

The motor 28- drives the pulleyji, parts, or somefof them, of the addressing machine,

the actuator strikes'the cap 18.- If a card is under the stem 22, the stop motion, mechanismremains in its'normal inactive position buddf the feed mechanism'has failed to push out the bottom cardffrom the hopper it catches the-card then under the lower end of thestem 22 and pushes it away so that when the actuator 1. and printing head comes-active. o

It will be'obviousto those skilled in the art to which the invention relates that modidescend, the stop motion mechanism beficatioiis maybe made in details of construc-- t1on and arrangement and that the stop motion mechanism canbe applied to addressing machines other. than the one illustrated in the drawings without departing from the spirit of the invention hence the latter-is not limited ,as' to those matters or in any wa other than as-the appended claims and-the prior state of the art may require,

interposed a comparatively strong spring stencil card;

WhatI-claim is:

1. A'stop/m'otion mechanism for stencil card addressing "machines comprising the combination of acontinuously reciprocating actuator continuously operating a part ofa plunger mechanism, electric contacts, and, a. plunger mechanismcooperating. with said electrical contacts and v whose motion'in .1e

s'pectthereto is arrested by a. stencil card.-

2; A stop motion, mechanism for stencil card addressing machines comprising the combination of a reciprocating actuator, two elements} movable relation havinga springinterposed between them and where .of; one -is'co'ntinually operated by the actuator and whereof the other is actuated. only in the absence of a stencil card, and a spr ng support" for theflast mentionedelement so that it remains inactive in-the absence ofa A stop motion mechanism-for stencil card addressing machines comprising, the combination .of a reciprocating actuator, two

elements in movable relation 7 having. a

spring interposed, between them and whereof one is continually operated by the actuator and whereof the other is actuated only in the absence of a stencil card; a spring support for the last mentioned element so thata'it remains inactive in the absence of a stencil card, and switch contacts controlled by the last mentioned element. 4

4:; A stop motion mechanism for stencil card addressing machines comprising the combination of a reciprocating actuator, a-

'carol addressing machines comprising the combination of means for normally making a controller inactive, an actuator having yielding relation to the'controller and tending to overcome said means'and operate the controller, and a controller adapted to contact with a card and operative'in the ab sence and-inoperative in the presenceof in; card;

7.'A stop motion mechanism forstencilcard addressing machines comprising the combination of a reciprocatingactuator, a block bored and mortised, velectrical conmac ete tacts arranged in the spaces' of the mortises,

a spring supported plunger, and an insulatmg .cap in sliding relation with the plunger arranged in the space or bore of the blOCkg a spring interposed between the plunger-and cap, and a pro ect1ng stern on the plunger, substuntmlly asdescrlbed.

in testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN HERGESHEIMER.

\Vitnesses C. C. FRENCH,

K. M. GILLIGAN. 

